• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.23 no.5 s.182
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• pp.103-110
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• 2006

Automatic optical alignment modules are a key technology in optical communication system. However, the optic component assembly depends highly on manual or semi-automated alignment process. In this paper, a novel alignment mechanism with minimum degree-of-freedom has been designed and theoretical models are derived from geometric optical characteristics on collimators, optical filters and optical ray alignment. The automatic alignment control algorithm has been newly developed based on the mechanism and models, and then we make fast, precise and reliable alignment through the algorithm. The reliability of developed modules has been verified with various simulations and performance evaluations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.121-121
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• 2004

최근 급속히 성장하고 있는 광통신산업의 발전에 있어서 주목할 만한 경향 중에 하나는 제품의 소형화 및 집적화라 할 것이다. 마이크로 광모듈 접속/조립 시스템은 광모듈을 소형화하고 고기능성 광통신 부품의 개발에 있어 가장 필요한 장비이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 초소형 광모듈 접속/조립 시스템을 개발하기 위하여 두께가 약 30 $\mu\textrm{m}$인 박막형 필터와 렌즈일체형 파이버를 접속/조립할 수 있는 시스템을 개발 및 초소형 광통신용 1$\times$1 OADM(Optical Add/Drop Module) 모듈을 제작하였다.(중략)

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.217-221
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• 2012

In this paper, we have fabricated by means of the "Micro-Block Stacking (MBS)" method the 8 pin mini DIL integrated Triplexer, which can transmit CATV and voice/data at the same time in a single fiber. Our MBS technique is a novel scheme of compact optical module packaging which secures precision positioning of the components on the optical beam path by prefixed stacks of ceramic blocks. The subassembly in which a laser diode, two receiver photodiodes, two WDM filters, and four micro lenses are integrated is only $5.40mm{\times}2.15mm{\times}1.05mm$ in size. As the Triplexer is aligned to the single mode fiber, the transmitter power of -14.5 dBm and the receiver sensitivities of 0.83 A/W, 0.73 A/W for 1550 nm, 1490 nm, respectively are obtained.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.211-215
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• 2004

Recently, one of remarkable tends in the development of optical communication industry is the miniaturization and integration of products. The alignment system of micro optical module is a key apparatus for the miniaturization of optical module and the development of optical communication parts with high functionality. In this research, we have developed a system capable of automatic alignment of a $30\mu\textrm{m}$-thick film filter and a lensed fiber in order to improve the speed and losses in the optical fiber-to-filter alignment of optical modules. Using the developed automatic alignment system and silicon optical bench, we have measured optical loss and characteristics of the assembled optical add/drop module before packaging $1{\times}1$ OADM optical module. Whole size of add/drop module was less than $5mm{\times}5mm{\times}1mm$. The measured maximum insertion loss was 0.294㏈ that is below 0.3㏈ which is a standard loss of optical module.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.131-138
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• 2023

In this paper, a free space optical communication device that can be used in a mobile base station of several km or less was fabricated and its characteristics were investigated. To overcome the loss due to atmospheric transmission, an optical fiber amplifier (EDFA) with an output of 23 dBm or more was used. In order to increase the focusing speed and miniaturization of the laser beam, an optical lens was manufactured, and a transmission lens was designed to have beam divergence within the range of 1.5 to 1.8 [mrad]. A PT module that controls PAN/TILT was fabricated in order to reduce pointing errors and effective automatic alignment between transceiver devices. In this study, Reed-Solomon (RS) code was used to maintain the transmission quality above a certain level. It was manufactured to be able to communicate at a wireless distance of 300m in a weather situation with visibility of 300m. For performance measurement, it was measured using BERT and eye pattern analyzer, and it was confirmed that BER can be maintained at 2.5Gbps.